Man Booked in Death of Boy

WATSTON, La. (AP) – Livingston Parish sheriff's deputies say a driver who ran over a 6-year-old neighbor boy in Watson last month has been booked with negligent homicide.

Deputies tell The Advocate (http://bit.ly/SW5T0c ) 32-year-old Brad Welch, of Watson, was talking on his cellphone at the time of the accident and did not see Tyler Myers riding a scooter on a sidewalk that crosses Welch's driveway.

Welch was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center Wednesday and later released on $25,000 bail.

It was unclear whether Welch has an attorney.

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